Re: [Plplot-devel] Further testing of static library case for our CBS

[Andrew R. <aro...@ya...>]

At 09:11 PM 13/08/2006 -0700, you wrote:
>>This problem with the GIF driver is quite different from the ones you
>>mentioned with the PNG and JPEG drivers. GIF has a maximum colourspace of 8
>>bit, whereas JPEG is 24 bit, and PNG can be anything from 1 to 32 bit
>>(counting ALPHA). Sorry to say this, but there isn't, and unfortunately
>>can't ever be, a fix for these particular problem with the GIF driver other
>>than turning text smoothing off completely.
>
>Thanks for that explanation.  Is there still some value to text smoothing
>(while accepting the warning messages from the PLplot core) or would you
>recommend turning it off permanently for the GIF device in gd.c?


As you say, there is still some value to text smoothing, so I'd be inclined 
to leave it turned on.

-Andrew